Presentation of the collection “Prerequisites for the Holodomor: Collectivisation and Dekulakisation in the Dnipropetrovsk Region”
On 23 October, the Holodomor Museum will host a presentation of a collection of documents and materials entitled “The Prerequisites for the Holodomor: Collectivisation and Dekulakisation in Dnipropetrovsk Region (December 1929 – September 1931)”.
Speaker at the event:
Nataliia ROMANETS is a senior researcher at the Holodomor and Man-Made Famine Research Department of the Holodomor Museum, a professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, author of the introduction and compiler of the collection.
The process of restoring historical memory about the events of total collectivisation in the Dnipropetrovsk region is complicated and controversial, given the scale of the peasant tragedy, which historians title ‘Stalin’s greatest crime.’ This topic has remained relevant for many decades. The particular attention of scholars and the wider Ukrainian public is focused on it, as it is not only a matter of reconstructing past events, but also of restoring historical justice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of the socialist experiment.
The Kremlin rigorously controlled research into the history of the collective farm movement, ensuring that it followed the outline set out in Stalin’s “A Short Course in the History of the CPSU(b)”. However, nowadays we have the opportunity to learn the truth from primary sources, which research, document and information institutions in Ukraine have long stored.
The collection includes archival documents from the district and regional press, sourced from the State Archives of the Dnipropetrovsk Region and the V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. The materials found reveal the preconditions for the Holodomor in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the mechanisms for implementing the policy of complete collectivisation and dekulakisation. The book presents documents that characterise the social mood of the peasants and forms of resistance to violent collectivisation. Some of the archival files were classified as “Secret” and are being published for the first time following their declassification.
The publication targets researchers, lecturers, students, and those interested in 20th century Ukrainian history, agricultural history, and regional studies.
Date: Thursday, 23 October 2025, at 4 p.m.
Venue: Hall of Memory, Holodomor Museum (3 Lavrska Street).
Admission is free with prior registration!
You can register here.